Rocket Trivia Quizizz - Spaceflight 2022

The year 2022 has been subject to a total of how many orbital launch attempts?

• 182

• 186

• 190

• 194

Answer explanation

There have been a total of 184 orbital launch attempts this year, with 174 of them being successes.

Which of these countries first sent a person of their nationality to space during 2022?

• Slovakia

• Portugal

• Libya

• UAE

Answer explanation

Both Egypt and Portugal sent people to space for the first time in 2022.

As of the making of this Quizizz, Falcon 9 has made how many orbital launches in 2022?

• 57

• 58

• 59

• 60

Answer explanation

Falcon 9 is currently on track to make 60 total launches of its system by the end of the year.

CAPSTONE, the first launch of the Artemis program, occurred on which month of 2022?

• May

• August

• June

• July

Answer explanation

The launch of CAPSTONE occurred in late-July 2022 and arrived in lunar orbit in November of the same year.

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How many crewed orbital flights occurred in 2022?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 4

Answer explanation

A total of 7 orbital crew launches occurred in 2022, most of them being operated by SpaceX for NASA but some of them being operated by Russia and China.

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An astronaut group from which of these agencies was announced in 2022?

• NASA

• ESA

• RosCosmos

• CNSA

Answer explanation

ESA's 23rd Astronaut Group includes the first astronaut with a physical disability.

The launch of which first methane-powered orbital launch vehicle occurred in 2022?

• Starship

• Vulcan Centaur

• Zhuque-2

• New Glenn

Answer explanation

This one was mainly to troll the Starship fans lol

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The launch of Artemis 1 occurred on what date in 2022?

• November 12th

• November 13th

• November 15th

• November 16th

Which of these rockets, which all had their maiden flights in 2022, failed to reach orbit?

• SSLV

• Angara-1.2

• Vega-C

• Long March 6A

As a result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which joint German-Russian project in currently in space has been indefinitely suspended (or a part of it, at least)?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Spektr-RG

• ExoMars

• Mars Trace Gas Orbiter

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